After Reverse-Drawing Cards in a Noble Academy Dating Sim

[Early writing, currently revising; you could call it a bit of a cringe phase]

This is a high-freedom, full-dive romance game set at an aristocratic academy, infamous for its vicious F4 male leads and the backlash they sparked.

[The male leads' affection for you starts at max]

Chu Ying started the game with a catastrophically bad opening.

The arrogant young master F1, Qi Zeyu, dragged her to the school's observation deck and announced in front of everyone that she belonged to him.

The languid young nobleman F2, Jing Heng, held a black cat and gave her an amused look. "I'm bored lately. Be my new toy."

The gentle student council president F3, Pei Xi, took her hand. "I like beautiful things. A beautiful rose naturally belongs in my garden."

The gloomy, aloof F4, Ye Shunzhe, had a studio plastered with portraits of her.

Later, a gacha game appeared on F1's phone:

[Get ten free pulls at the start, with a guaranteed SSR within those ten pulls!]

"Huh? Why would I play some boring dating game made with effects that cost all of nine cents?"

Just then, a chibi version of Chu Ying popped up on the screen.

The young master's cheeks turned faintly red.

"Going to such lengths to get my attention. You really went to a lot of trouble."

"Since you want me to pull so badly, ahem, I'll do it just this once."

"Ten pulls for 6,480? Cheap. I'm paying!"

The young master was so excited by the adorable SSR card art that he clutched his phone, screaming inwardly. More pulls!

Once he got carried away spending, Qi Zeyu tried to keep pulling, only to discover there was a spending limit.

[Complete daily missions to earn pull tokens]

[Bring Chu Ying breakfast/lunch/dinner/afternoon tea to earn 50 activity points]...

To keep pulling, he'd just have to do it!

[SSR cards unlock the corresponding dates, along with matching text messages and Moments posts!]

[SR cards unlock daily events, plus special voice lines and text messages!]

[R cards unlock Moments posts!]

Qi Zeyu found he couldn't unlock the SSR dates yet, and his affection wasn't high enough for the SR messages.

Well, after pulling so many R cards, surely he could at least look at the Moments posts!

[Unlock requirements not met]

[Get the other person's contact information to unlock]

Qi Zeyu thought about it all night. The next day, he blocked Chu Ying's path with a fierce look.

"Hey, woman, give me your contact information."

Chu Ying: ?

She didn't even look at him before turning and walking away.

After much effort, Qi Zeyu finally got Chu Ying's contact information and happily opened her Moments.

He had just replied to a post when he saw some familiar names in the comments.

The F4: Why are you guys here too?!!

Later, the F4 made a group chat.

F1: [Screenshot]

F1: See that, triple gold. This woman's weekends are all mine now.

F2: Who asked you?

F4: Just wait. I'll find a whole truckload of people to kill you right now.

F3: [Screenshot]

F3: Oh my, replying to today's Moments post earned me fifty affection points.

F1: You copied and pasted that from the internet, didn't you?

F2: So flowery. It's exhausting just looking at it.

F4: Such a poser.

Notes:

1. This is the story of Chu Ying, an important character from the author's series, They All Turned Dark After I Tried to Win Them Over.

2. The heroine is a sweet, scheming girl.

3. The F4 are pure in body and mind; they bicker like elementary school kids every day.

4. This is the author's early writing, so it may include, but isn't limited to: amateurish prose, overwrought wording, excessive description, outdated internet slang, and all kinds of melodramatic or overly sentimental moments, such as characters suddenly starting to talk about the meaning of life for no reason...

5. A lighthearted school-life comedy with no main plot, written like a short anime or manga. A cheerful, ridiculous group of five going about their school days, with a pure, youthful, healing, warm romance.

6. The author isn't good at writing spoiled rich kids, so the F4 may get cuter and cuter as the story goes on. But their basic spoiled-rich-kid setup remains, so they'll still be nasty when appropriate. The heroine is relatively indulgent and tolerant toward fictional characters.

Please add the author's series She's the Student Council President of the Aristocratic Academy to your collection!

Ying Xi comes from a fallen noble family. Her background is looked down on not only by the powerful elite, but also hated by the scholarship students relegated to the bottom of the social ladder.

At Lansde Academy, the student council symbolizes democracy and equality, wields absolute authority, and is the only refuge where scholarship students can stand up to the powerful. Naturally, the F4, who sit at the very top of the academy's power structure, have their eyes on the president's position.

To everyone's astonishment, the student council president elected in the end wasn't the golden boy F1.

On the podium, the girl's golden hair fell to her waist like a waterfall, shining brightly. She carried herself with grace, neither humble nor arrogant. The lion crest on her immaculate academy uniform gleamed, and she looked confident and radiant.

F1, who had only become vice president, gritted his teeth angrily below the stage.

The F4 were deeply displeased by this girl who threatened their power. In that moment, they reached a consensus: take her down.

Her trial term was only three months. Surely it would be easy to fabricate a scandal and drag a daughter of a fallen noble family out of the president's seat.

F1 ordered F2, the charming romantic, to use every trick in the book to seduce Ying Xi.

"A top student like her is bound to see her grades plummet once she falls in love."

F2 casually raised a hand. "She looks too domineering. That's not my type."

Later, F1 eyed F2 suspiciously.

"I told you to seduce her. How come you're the one who's completely smitten?"

F2's gaze darted away. "The best hunters often appear in the form of prey."

Later, F1 realized that not only had F2, F3, and F4 all bowed to her, but the scholarship students regarded her as a beacon of light.

Even the gentle former president kept appearing in front of Ying Xi, smiling like a breath of spring.

Most annoying of all was the smiling, scheming butler who was Ying Xi's childhood friend, constantly hanging around and calling her "Miss" this and "Miss" that.

"Any man who wants to date Miss has to pass my test, of course."

He gave F1 a smile that didn't reach his eyes, looking him up and down.

"If she has to choose, she should pick someone obedient, someone willing to be a stepping stone for Miss's career."

"You're not good enough."

Ying Xi was fair, equitable, and just in everything she did, treating everyone equally.

They thought she had shown them special favor, but maybe... she was just this kind to everyone?

Ying Xi had been a little troubled lately. She had finally managed to find her footing at this school, so why were the young heirs at the top of the power structure starting to fight among themselves?

Maintaining stability and peace at the academy, and resolving their conflicts, was part of a president's duty, wasn't it?

1. A straightforward, bright heroine who focuses entirely on her career. She's emotionally oblivious and doesn't realize she's beloved by everyone. She shines equally on everyone, like a benevolent sun, and the male characters compete in gloomy, underhanded ways.

2. All the male characters are pure in body and mind.

Theme: Love and peace